6. Money flow problems? Pay helpers, media ad billings and suppliers FIRST. Period. Also let clients know that you pay your helpers promptly (like every Friday).

7. Are you keeping up with competition? Keep educating yourself and your helpers. For example,inexpensive company subscriptions to an ebookwholesaler http://presssuccess.com/wholesale and jvAlert Perpetual Learning Series http://www.jvAlert.com/LearningSeries.aspx?id=1805 help to catch up with latest scoop about what works and what doesn’t work from top-level marketers & industry leaders.

8. Do you have ongoing campaigns? Send a direct mail campaign one month, then call them next. Continue with a monthly or bimonthly postcard newsletter with calls in between. Keep in touch regularly.

9. Need to jumpstart new business, maybe B2B? Submit an executive resume via ResumeRabbit and ResumeZapper, both listed here: http://movingaheadcommunications.com/partners.html . In resume, include an active link to get updated version 24/7. More than a year later, local & non-local companies will still seek you out with proposals.

10. Are you trying new product and service lines? Don’t be afraid to test and try new things. Place small classified ads & really listen to what people want when they call in. Stay competitive.

11. Are your goals too high? Don’t try jumping gun on increasing income too rapidly. If your income is very small to start with, you may get away with doubling it from one month to next. But for higher figures, higher $$ can mean increased expenses, work load, deadlines, workers coordinating, communications, stress, technical issues, etc…Instead of a shaky foundation, grow slow and learn to gradually handle more in a professional, fun, growing environment. An average, solid growth figure is much closer to 20% than it is 100%.

12. Are you keeping track? Keep progress logs similar to this listing so that you have a history of issues you’re working on. They say, “History repeats itself” so write out your positive results.

* Sources: U.S. Bureau of Census; Advocacy-funded research by Joel Popkin and Company (Research Summary #211); U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey; U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.

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Now I know this is not some great” Aristotle” wisdom, but message has stayed with me ever since and has helped me in ever possible function of my adult life. So much so, that I am sharing it here with you now.

Even when it comes to paying our taxes or day-to-day “Drama” that may occur, same thing applies…deal with it then and there.

That way, it’s off your plate so to speak so you can move on to something more pleasant and don’t have to carry it around with you, or worry about it any longer.

Now, like every month I challenge you, as well as a little secret I learned.

Want to know how to fix this? Do you want a sure fire way to help end procrastination in your life?

Do this-

Take a moment, and write down three things, no matter how large or small that you have been putting off.

Then starting tomorrow (with Commitment) Do them! No questions asked, no excuses, just do those three things.

Then, once complete, write down three more things, and do them next day, repeat, etc…

What you will find is a renewed feeling of accomplishment. It gives us a feeling that we took action and eliminates what ever those things we had at back of our minds.

It may sound obvious, but how many of you will do this?

Will you?